Description

Internationally acclaimed expert and speaker in the areas of project and portfolio management, process improvement and scope definition

Jamal Moustafaev

JamalMoustafaev is an internationally acclaimed author, expert and speaker in the areas of project/portfolio management, scope definition, process improvement and corporate training. Mr. Moustafaev is an author of the book titled “Delivering Exceptional Project Results: A Practical Guide to Project Selection, Scoping, Estimation and Management” (released by J. Ross Publishing in September 2010). He is also a contributor to various project management publications and a frequent speaker at Project World, Business Analyst World and Society of PM Professionals conferences.

In addition to teaching a highly acclaimed “Project Management Essentials” course at British Columbia Institute of Technology (Vancouver, Canada), Jamal also facilitates the following corporate seminars:

Testimonials

“Excellent presenter and I highly recommend this training to the high level organizations. Kexxel Group is a very good organizer. The introduction to PPM was very useful for me.”Khalid Al Nassar - President, Al Nassar Trading & Contracting

“The trainer is an attractive speaker and a good illustrator. I found the differentiation between PM and project portfolio was interesting and most useful for me.”Karim Elzawawy - Projects Supervisor, Gulf Medical Company

“Jamal is an outstanding trainer transforming theory into practical and immediately actionable ideas. Kexxel is an efficient event management and their registration processes were done professionally.”Malik Meftahi - IT Quality and Control Manager, Dolphin Energy Limited

What You Will Learn By The End Of This Course:

- Understanding why project portfolio management is essential to the success of your businesses- Learning about art and science of project estimation- Finding out about effective negotiation techniques with customers and management- Discovering how to initiate projects properly- Understanding how to elicit high-level and detailed scope from the stakeholders- Learning efficient creativity cultivation techniques for your project team- Finding out about great stakeholder and scope management methods- Understanding how document walkthroughs, inspections and peer reviews can save you money and time on your projects- Understanding how to maximize the value of your project portfolio- Discovering how to achieve a proper project portfolio balance- Finding out how to link your project portfolio to the overall company strategy- Learning how to implement an effective portfolio management framework at your organization

VIDEO

A brief introduction about the programme

Program Agenda

Day 1:

Session 1: Course Overview and Introductions
- Tell us about yourselves
- What is the target audience for this workshop?
- What to expect from the course?

Session 3: Introduction to Project Management - History, Philosophy, Economics …
- What are the key events in the history of project management?
- How successful are we with projects?
- Why is project management somewhat neglected in some industries when compared to other fields?
- Historical Case Study: “HR policies in British Army in the XIX century”

Session 4: The Art Of Estimation
- Historical Case Study: “You Are Not An American, Are You?”
- Individual Exercise: “Are we good at estimating in general?”
- Group Exercise: “Estimate the number of coins/bills”
- “Cone of Uncertainty”: What is it?
- Individual Exercise: “Is padding of the estimates acceptable?”
- How do we improve our estimation efforts?

Session 5: Are We Supposed To Negotiate On Projects?
- Historical Case Study: Operation “Husky”
- What is A Negotiation
- How to Negotiate?

Using Investigative Negotiations

Inventing options for mutual gain

Individual Exercise: “Shopping Mall”

Presenting Multiple Offers

- Group Exercise: “e-Merchant 5.0”

Session 6: Initiating A Project
- What are the “degrees of project freedom”?
- What are the key ingredients in a Project Charter?
- How to measure project feasibility?
- Individual Exercise: “Measuring Project Feasibility”

Session 4: The Science of Estimation
- What are the key ingredients in the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
- Group Exercise: “Build a WBS”
- What are the key rules for creating Network Diagrams?
- Group Exercise: “Create a Network Diagram”
- What is Wide Band Delphi and how it can help you with difficult estimates?
- How to use PERT to enhance your negotiation power?
- What are the most common estimation oversights?

Session 5: Managing Scope and Customer Expectations
- Historical Case Study: The story of “Le Grand Hotel”
- Why should we manage expectations?
- Why do changes happen?
- How much do things change on the project?
- How to manage requirements?
- How to assess the impact of the change?
- Group Exercise: “Assessing the Change Request”

Session 6: How To Control Projects? Risk, Communications, Tracking
- How to run efficient project meetings?
- Why use Meeting Minutes?
- Measuring project performance
- Historical Case Study: German High Command and Soviet intelligence before WWII
- How to deal with typical project risks?

Session 3: How To Balance The Project Mix?
- Historical Case Study: “The Battle of Crecy”
- Why seek balanced portfolio?
- What dimensions should you consider?
- What types of bubble diagrams are used in the industry?
- What are the most popular bubble diagram dimensions?
- Discussion: Points to ponder about balancing your portfolio mix

Session 4: How To Link Portfolio To Strategy?
- Historical Case Study – “The Aswan Dam Project”
- What are the prime goals of the market leaders?
- What is strategic linkage?
- What are the linking approaches?
- Discussion - points to ponder about your company’s strategy linkage to projects

Session 5: How To Implement Project Portfolio Management?
- Historical Case Study: “The British Navy in the Age of Sail”
- What are the market leaders doing?
- Where do we start?
- How to estimate your firm’s resource capacity?
- What are the key steps in implementing project portfolio management?
- Discussion: What are the next steps?

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This group is open to all professionals who deal with negotiation on a regular basis or use negotiation as a career. Here, members are encouraged to discuss and debate on any related topics to benefit from new ideas and opinions from different professionals in different career fields in regards to negotiation.

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